Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell said Tuesday that it would be hard to restore relations between the US and Turkey if the latter purchased Russia’s S-400 air defense systems. “We made it clear that is Turkey buys S-400s… there will be consequences. We will ...
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election triumph, saying the result pointed to the Turkish leader’s “great political authority” and mass support. The Kremlin said Putin had “stressed that the results of the vote fully speak of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s great political ...